Imagine a project that informs and entertains. Replace book reports with a bulletin board that highlights all the important elements of a novel. Readers research the author, create a timeline of events in the story, write a...

Third graders relate the concept of individuality of geometric shapes to the individuality of topic sentences. They write and revise a persuasive argument essay using an established rubric.

Third graders read and discuss "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogden and answer questions about the poem. They list things they can do to combat prejudice using each of the letters in the word and create a small poster with a slogan against...

Third graders identify prefixes and use prefixes correctly in sentences. They edit and change sentences containing prefixes.

Students create travel brochures that detail various people and places that are encountered on the way to Chaucer's Canterbury.

Students listen to a taped conversation to help them learn the meaning of the contraction "d" with the words "had" and "would".